Combination band-holder, button-holder, and necktie-holder.



T. C. SPELLING.

COMBINATION BAND HOLDER, BUTTON HOLDER, AND NECKTIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, I916.

Patented July 25, 1916.-

THOMAS c. srnnnme, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINATION BAND-HOLDER, BUTTON-HOLDER, AND NECKTIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed May 9, 1916. Serial No. 96,269.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. SPEL ING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, Manhattan borough, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Band- I-Iolders, Button-Holders, and Necktie-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie and band holders and more particularly to that type wherein a ready formed bow tie may be held upon a plate which is detachably carried by an ordinary collar button. g

It has for a general purpose the provision of a fastener which will supporta necktie in proper position, means of permanent reten tion of one end of a neckband, and for holding and releasingthe other, designated as the free end, and for a special purpose the provision of a channel for guiding the neck and head of a collar button, a shoulder or shelf to be drawn under the head of the collar button, resilient means of support and retention of the fastener. Other inventions and devices accomplish the same general purpose, but not so elfectively or simply.

A further purpose is the provision of parts for a combination wherein the neckband is a constituent of the fastener, whereas, in other forms of construction it is permanently attached to the tie.

Referring now to the drawings: Figure 1 is a top view of a thin plate, having the conformation and parts there indicated, and Fig. 2 is a side view of said plate. Fig. 3 is a view of the side of the completed fastener made from said plate nearest the wearer of the necktie as worn, Fig. 4 is a view'of the side to which the necktie is to be attached, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the completed fastener. of a ready made bow tie and of the band to be used in connection with the fastener, and Flg. 7 1s a sectlonal v1ew of the devlce n place.

Referring to the drawings more in detail, similar reference characters indicating identical parts in the several views, the tongues A are struck from the thin plate, (Fig. 1) and left in attachment at their ends nearest the base of the completed fastener. These tongues are slightly curved from the plane of the plate intermediate their ends, and the free ends are turned back to said plane. The slot B narrows toward its apex G, and in its Fig. dis adetached View narrow portion is only sufficiently wide to admit of the passage therethrough of the neck of the collar button to its rest point at O. Two other tongues D are cut from the plate the free ends of which are bent clownward from its plane, to perform the functions hereinafter described.

At E are thread holes for attachment of the end F of the band to the plate, and at G are teeth or projections formed on or in the surface of the plate the ofiice of which is to impinge the free end H of the hand against the opposite surface I, after the band has been placed around the collar.

To form the fastener from the plate, the two ends of the latter are brought into contact and the two interior surfaces also brought into contact, being only kept apart by said teeth or corrugations, which resiliently press the opposite surface when the device is not in place on the wearer, and grip the free end of the band H when worn. An exception to the uniform'contact of the surfaces just stated is seen at K, where the upper edge of the portion of the plate nearest the collar is slightly curved backwardly to facilitate the introduction of the free end of the band. At the acute turn of the plate designated by J is a crimp or curl in the latter, provided for the purpose of giving the exterior part of the plate a slight pitch toward the other, thus securing a more perfect contact of their respective inner surfaces and the requisite resilient gripping of the free end of the band.

In the process of making up the device the end F of the band is attached to one side of the interior portion of the plate, and after ward thenecktie is attached, by threading or otherwise, to the frontal surface of the exterior portion of the plate through the thread holes L. In order that the tieand the end F of the band may be attached, by threading or otherwise, after the device is constructed, the frontal portion of the plate is made wider and longer than the other, and the thread holes L are made in the narrow marginal extension as seen in the drawing. Openings P are provided in the exterior portion of the plate in order that the threading necessary to attach end F may be done after the plate has been bent, as seen in Figs. 3, 4 and 5.

In use the fastener is pressed against the collar, the tongues A and D yielding, unil the plane of the interior part of the plate essary,

is brought below theunder edge of the but ton head M. The button is made to glide on the backwardly inclined ends of tongues D to a point relatively remote from the stitching and relatively near the cent-er of the tie, at which point the fabric easily yields. The button head at its rest point contacts with the fabric of the tie above the wider area of slot B and within the area of the opening N in the opposite side of the plate. Slight downward and backward pressure, with, if necessary but in most cases unnecsimultaneous outward pressure upon the shield of the button 0, will cause the button head to move on tongues D, to trench the fabric of the tie until it has reached said rest point,.where it will slightly indent the substance of the cloth of the tie, and the neck of the'button is thus brought to its rest point C. When the'fastener and all its parts are in place, a portion of the rounded end of the button will rest in extension beyond both parts of the plate and will, as above explained, push outwardly the tie fabric, but the displacement so caused will improve rather than mar the shape of the tie, since it will tighten its exterior cloth and reduce or remove wrinkles. In drawing the free end of'the band into position for holding the tie, the exterior plate will be slightly, but only momentarily,sprung outwardly in the act of passing the former over the button head to position below.

To those skilled in the art, it will be obvious that the relative position of the rest point C is not absolute or fixed by reason of its position as here shown. The ends of the band may be narrowed at will to conform to a lower posit-ion for said rest point, or said ends may be made the same or even a greater width according, to this construction, and the unconfined end of the band, that is to say, any extension thereof not gripped, will, in adjustment, be pressed by the button head back against the fabric through the opening 0 An incidental ofiice of tonges A is the offsetting of the slight curvature of the collar. Without them, contact between the fastener and the collar would often be effected only on a point of very small area, and'the correct relative position of the tie might be Copies of this patent'may be obtained for five'cents each, by addressing diflicult to preserve. The tongues D yield to pressure applied to them in the movement just described. They flatten and the bends therein are pressed into said recess or opening O. An incidental oflice of tongues D is to reinforce the retentive and gripping forcesof the other parts of the device. When the device has been placed, the free end of the band, already drawn around or within the collar, is drawn downwardly between the parts of the plate, and is frictionally caught and heldbetween said teeth and the opposite surface. To release said free end, it is only necessary to slightly press outwardly at said point K with the tip of a finger. 7

\Vhile I have set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is with the realization,-as will also appear to persons skilled in the art to which it appertains-, that it is capable of embodiment in other forms and devices, as may be in accordance with the claims appended hereto.

I claim: P

1. A necktie holder comprising a plate bent to form overlying jaws, one of said jaws having a slot formed therein to engage a collar button, resilient tongues formed on said plate to engage acollar frictionally, threadholes formed in said plate to permanently receive fasteningmeans carried by one end of a neck-band, the other of said jaws having an enlarged opening formed therein overlying the slot in said first men tionedjaw to engage the free end of a neckband inserted between said jaws.

2. A necktie holder comprising a plate forming coacting jaws,.one of'said jaws having means formed therein to receive a collar button, said jaw having holes formed therein for the reception of threads on one end of a neckband, the other of said jaws having threadholes formed on said second mentioned jaw to coact with said first men tioned jaw to temporarily hold a normally free end of a neckband therebetween.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMASC. SPELLING. Witnesses:

' JANIE Ros'rHAL,

MoLLm QUATIMETZ.

the Commissioner of I'atents,

Washington, D. G. 

